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Blood shortage crisis pushes Zimbabweans into debt
Zimbabwe's promise of free blood transfusions in public hospitals is being severely undermined by a deepening national shortage, forcing desperate patients to turn to private medical facilities where ...Published: 26 Jul 2025 at 15:14hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Govt okays 10-day holiday lessons for exam classes
The Government has authorized schools to conduct extra lessons for examination classes - Grade 7, Form Four, and Form Six - for up to 10 days during the August school holiday. The move aims to boost e...Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 20:54hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt rolls out reforms to end blood challenges
The Ministry of Health and Child Care is undertaking sweeping reforms to Zimbabwe's blood supply system, aimed at making blood more accessible and affordable-particularly in public hospitals-where man...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 09:04hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Ministry of Transport suspends bus timetables to ease holiday travel surge
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development has announced the immediate suspension of all bus timetables until 18 May 2025 to facilitate smoother passenger transportation during the upco...Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:59hrs | 71 | by Staff reporter
Nengomasha, Samantha Mtukudzi's bitter divorce saga continues
The tumultuous divorce proceedings between former Zimbabwean footballer Tinashe Nengomasha and Samantha Mtukudzi, the daughter of the late music icon Oliver Mtukudzi, have taken another dramatic ...Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 14:14hrs | 2148 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean children stuck in Botswana reunited with parents
The 14 Zimbabwean children intercepted by Botswana authorities while traveling to South Africa without proper travel documents have been reunited with their parents. The children, who are school-aged ...Published: 27 Sep 2024 at 15:29hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
13-year-old boy sentenced to 15 years in jail
A 13-year-old boy from Plumtree, Matabeleland South, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for aggravated indecent assault.The minor is currently incarcerated at Bulawayo Prison. His identi...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 09:15hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
Man locked up for smuggling children into Botswana
A Zimbabwean man, Arnold Nyoni (23), has appeared before the Francistown Magistrates Court in Botswana, charged with smuggling four children from Zimbabwe to South Africa via Botswana. Nyoni w...Published: 16 Aug 2024 at 08:45hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Birds of a feather flock together
Catch them young. Birds of a feather flock together. In the photo is Anesu Ajana (holding his impressive school report), a second grader and academic starlet of Chinehasha Primary School in Chiweshe, ...Published: 10 Aug 2024 at 07:43hrs | 1439 | by Thomas Tondo Murisa
Police crackdown on social ill as school term ends
POLICE in Bulawayo have issued a stern warning to individuals or groups planning to host and attend VUZU parties, as the second schooling term comes to a close today.In light of potential dist...Published: 09 Aug 2024 at 07:45hrs | 195 | by Staff reporter
New dates for vacation school
The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has revised the dates for vacation school for examination classes, moving it to the first two weeks of the school holidays, from August 9-22, instead of...Published: 06 Aug 2024 at 08:51hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
Teenager jailed for inserting his finger in minor's private parts
The love of sex landed an 18-year-old boy in jail after he attempted to rape a form three schoolgirl on Independence day in Musana Bindura....Published: 22 Jul 2024 at 05:57hrs | 1306 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe hit by critical shortage of maths, science teachers
Due to a severe shortage of teachers for critical subjects like mathematics, physics, biology, and chemistry, the government has opted to recruit university graduates to fill these positions.A...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:51hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe working on repatriating 200 smuggled children
The government is actively working on repatriating more than 200 Zimbabwean children who are currently residing in care homes in South Africa. These children were smuggled into the neighboring country...Published: 28 May 2024 at 09:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Easter traffic drops by 2,5% at Beitbridge
THE volume of travellers who used Beitbridge Border Post during the Easter holidays declined by 2,5 percent this year compared to the same period in 2023.Usually, about 8 000 people use Sadc a...Published: 03 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt bans vacation lessons
GOVERNMENT has banned vacation learning for examination and non-examination classes saying the school term had no disturbances and that pupils needed to rest during the holiday.In a statement ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Andrea The Vocalist drops soulful single 'Bekezela' on his birthday
VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - January 28, 2024 - Emerging Traditional Gospel sensation Andrea The Vocalist releases his latest single, "Bekezela," today, on his 15...Published: 28 Jan 2024 at 10:18hrs | 26 | by Agencies
Extended hours at passport offices for the festive holiday
THE Civil Registry Department has extended working hours in anticipation of increased volumes of travel document seekers during holidays. While the department was opening at 7:45AM and closing at 3:45...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 18:41hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe debunks Motsoaledi's 443 intercepted minors in a day fiction
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe immigration tightens screws as festive season begins
THE Department of Immigration, working closely with the police, has tightened screws to curb irregular migration between South Africa and Zimbabwe following an increase in travellers using the Beitbri...Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:18hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Grade 7s to continue with lessons after exams
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced that Grade Seven pupils will no longer close school after their examiniations as was the case in the past but will instead continue attend...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No holiday break for Grade 7s
The government has sparked controversy by announcing that Grade 7 pupils, who completed their Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) tests, will be required to continue attending school. Additi...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 06:02hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Lumumba loses child custody
HIGH Court judge Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa has ordered William Mutumanje, popularly known as Acie Lumumba, to return his minor child to his estranged wife Lilian Rufaro Madyara after he kid...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Indeed life was hard under colonialism but there were plenty of opportunities
Over the weekend I drove my mother to her rural home in Rusape for an important family gathering.To be expected, as soon as we hit familiar territory, which held significant memories for her -...Published: 23 May 2023 at 14:01hrs | 14 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Pilot project for technical high schools takes off
GOVERNMENT has introduced modern technical high schools as a pilot project that will result in pupils being professionally trade-tested before completing secondary education in line with international...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No holiday lessons'
The ministry of primary and secondary education has announced that there will be no extra lessons over the school holidays.In a statement ministry of primary and secondary education, Mrs perma...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimsec extends November registration deadline
THE Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) has extended the November Ordinary and Advanced level registration closing date to April 14, 2023.This comes after reports that some centres ...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Former Zim health deputy minister denied conjugal rights by wife
FORMER health deputy minister Edwin Muguti's marriage has been dissolved by the High Court after his wife filed for divorce in 2019 accusing him of infidelity.His ex-wife, Tapiwa Mercy Mukandi...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
COVID-19 hits 3 boarding schools
A FRESH wave of COVID-19 has hit three boarding schools in Mashonaland East province, with 80 students and teachers testing positive last week, NewsDay has learnt.The development comes a fortn...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo schools operating without water
MORE than half of Bulawayo's schools are operating without water after council disconnected supplies due to non-payment of rates amid reports that they owe council a combined $100 million while those ...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa regime has turned Zimbabweans into the laughing stock of the world!
I remember those yesteryears of international travel in my childhood, as if they were only a few days ago!How, when I was chosen to represent Zimbabwe and the southern African region at a scou...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 20:24hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Stanbic-sponsored Stragglers Junior Cricket kicks off after two-year absence
Zimbabwe's leading junior cricket development programme, Stragglers Junior Cricket Week, kicks off today after a two-year COVID 19-induced lull.Stanbic Bank sponsors the week-long event in whi...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 10:09hrs | 32 | by Agencies
Mwazha's church set to hold massive pilgrimage
The African Apostolic Church (AAC), popularly known as Vapostora veAfrica, and led by Archbishop Ernest Paul Mwazha is set to hold its biggest yearly conference, putting aside leadership squabbles tha...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Police called in to defuse pupils gang violence
POLICE in Bulawayo were yesterday called to escort some pupils to prevent gang fights that characterise closing day at some schools.Learners at Sobukazi High in Mzilikazi and Msitheli in Mpopo...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No date for O and A-level results release, says Zimsec
LOWER Sixth pupils are now expected to start lessons in the second term after the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) failed to release O-level results in time.In the past years, Zim...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's modernise our ICT systems at the London embassy
There is great news coming from Zimbabwe on how the Government has made it "easy" to obtain identification documents, especially the passport. We ICT professionals feel very excited ab...Published: 11 Feb 2022 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
New school terms set
This year's school calender has three terms, with the first starting on Monday next week, encompassing in total 185 school days and no exeat weekends to minimise health risks from school breaks....Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tuku's unreleased music stolen
TODAY marks exactly three years to the day legendary music icon and national hero Dr Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi breathed his last. The revered and highly decorated musician died at the age of 66, and had ...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga hints on schools opening
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday hinted that non-examination classes might open for the first term in three weeks' time, depending on the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country at...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:20hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Democracy, development and our village neighbour
A FORTNIGHT ago, I wrote about how and why African countries need to review the current practice of democracy. I argued that the current format is not fit for poor societies because it is prone to man...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Online application platform for 2022 Form 1 boarding places
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has opened an online application platform for 2022 Form 1 boarding places.Schools are set to close this Friday and open for the first term next ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:03hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Public examinations timetable released
PUBLIC examinations will start at the end of November for Grade Seven candidates, while Ordinary and Advanced Level pupils will start writing in mid-December overlapping into 2022. Government has prev...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Nick Mangwana tweet invoked my memories of old
As a good percentage of Harare's social media community exploded in anger following the reintroduction last Tuesday, by Local Government minister July Moyo, of the former Rhodesia Railways coaches, no...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 09:01hrs | 14 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Bulawayo schools seek bailout from Govt
BULAWAYO schools have asked Government to bail them out as they are failing to pay more than $23 million they owe the Bulawayo City Council in water billls and one of the affected schools' water suppl...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Essential workers need letters after curfew
While ordinary business can continue to operate between 8am and 3.30pm, those working late and those not at home after the 6.30pm curfew must now produce evidence, such as an exemption letter, that th...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
South Africa back on level-4 lockdown
President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed South Africa back on a strict level-4 lockdown, with restrictions — including a ban on all alcohol sales - in place for the next 14 days.The restrictions...Published: 28 Jun 2021 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Why do today's women appear more subservient to men than were our mothers?
This morning started on a most interesting note - as is typical with my wife, since we always engage in very enlightening, thought-provocking, and edifying discussions - after she told me about an eve...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 09:45hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Schools opening deferred as COVID-19 cases surge
CABINET yesterday deferred the opening of schools for the second term by two weeks after the country recorded a sharp increase in COVID-19 infections in recent weeks.The infection rate surged ...Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Govt bans in-school holiday lessons
GOVERNMENT has banned in school holiday lessons to contain the spread of COVID-19 and ensure containment measures are put in place before learners return for the second term.Schools are set to...Published: 29 May 2021 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A call for the condemnation of the violation of the human rights of prisoners by the Zimbabwe regime
Greetings to all! A few days ago, members of the Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were released on bail from incarceration at Zimbabwe's notorious Khami and Mlondolozi prisons. No sooner had the...Published: 18 May 2021 at 15:20hrs | 2 | by Churchill Mpiyesizwe Guduza - MLF President
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